putting var into link?

[sammy]

hi....i have yet another question...being a newbie to perl ...
i've tried to create a dynamic link to pages without having to know the name of the actual link...ie...

$link = var with name of next web page

the actual link is <a href=<% $link %> > next_page </a>
but IIS complains to me...i was wondering how i can make this work...i know you can...but just don't know the correct syntax...

can you please help me? thanks!

[sammy]

ok...never mind...i'm stoopid...
i forgot the ";" ... kekkeke
sorry

[sugarkane]

hehe, glad to hear you've got it fixed...

I spent 2 hours today going insane because a script didn't work, and yes - it was a simple typo like yours :)

[sammy]

heh heh...yeah...it really sux when such a small thing as a ";" or something as such can cause so many problems!

[Brett_Tabke]

That's where it really helps to be able to run the scripts local. You can dl and install ActiveState Perl real easy. Then just run the scripts from a command line:
"perl scriptname"

You can do syntax checking with
"perl -cw scriptname"